Hey guys SOOOO sorry its been so long since i last updated, ive had writers block, and been really busy at work, and then to top it all off my laptop died due to viruses :( its all fixed now though and just got it back today, so heres the next chappy :) its a bit of a short one, ill make the next one longer!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
Tossing and turning, Peyton sat up, sighing. She tried to take in deep breaths, but to no avail. She swung her legs over to the side of the bed. With a great effort, she pulled herself up, and went to her bedroom window, opening it, and trying to breathe in the cool night air. She felt a little groggy as her head hurt. She coughed as the cold hit her lungs, and doubled over as she tried to prevent herself for continuing her coughing fit. Once controlled, she looked over to her alarm clock.
Peyton: "2.30" she sighed, shaking her head.
Opening the window hadn't helped, so she made her way downstairs. For the last 3 days she had been suffering from a tremendous cold, and as a result, had difficulty breathing. She opened the front door and sat on the step, taking in steady breaths. Once the tightness around her chest eased off, she made her way back inside, just as her mother came downstairs. Peyton quietly closed the door behind her, turning the key in the lock.
Prue: "What are you doing up sweetie?" she asked as she pushed a bit of hair behinds Peyton's ear.
Peyton: "I couldn't breathe, so I came out to get some air. I'm fine now though"
Prue: "Do you want a glass of water?"
Peyton nodded her head, her teeth chattering because of the cold.
Prue pulled her white dressing gown off and wrapped it around her daughter, and then the two made their way to the kitchen.
After they had a drink, they went back to bed. Peyton kept the dressing gown on and Prue tucked her back into bed as if she was a little kid. She kissed her on the forehead before bidding her goodnight. As Peyton drifted off to sleep, she smiled to herself, even though she was getting older, she still enjoyed little moments like that.
The rest of the night was mainly sleepless, she kept waking up because she was either coughing, or having difficulty breathing again.
When Phoebe came in to wake her in the morning, she was already awake.
"You ok sweetie? You look really pale" Phoebe asked with a concerned look upon her face.
Peyton: "I'm fine, just a bad night's sleep, and couldn't breathe"
Phoebe: "Cold still bothering you then. Do you want to stay off today again? I'm sure your mum wont mind"
Peyton: "I've missed enough school, I'll be fine, honest" she smiled at her aunt, trying to convince her that she was indeed ok, but Phoebe still looked uncertain.
She got herself up and ready, taking longer than usual as fatigue took its toll. When she entered the kitchen Stephanie was already sitting waiting on her.
Prue: "Morning sweetie"
Peyton: "Morning" she said through a yawn.
Prue: "You sure you don't want to stay off again today?"
Peyton: "I'll be fine, I want to go to school"
Stephanie said teasingly : "That'll make a change!"
Peyton smiled: "Shut up you. Where's dad?"
Prue: "He left already, Leo will take you, and you just have to call him whenever you're ready"
Peyton looked at her watch and realised that school would be starting any minute.
Peyton: "Uncle Leo!"
Bright lights filled the room and Leo appeared.
Leo: "Ready to go?"
Peyton: "Ready as I'll ever be, bye mum!"
She waved as she disappeared in the same manner Leo had arrived.
School went by pretty quickly, due to the fact she slept through most of her classes. Charlie cast a spell so that, to everyone else around them, Peyton was sitting up, alert, doing her work.
As they left the last class Charlie and Steph were talking excitedly about the new clothes store opening at the mall.
Charlie: "Are you going to come with us, Peyt?"
Peyton hadn't even been listening: "What?"
Steph: "To the mall?, new store opening?" she smiled excitedly
Peyton shook her head and groaned: "I cant, I have soccer practice, and I don't even want to do that"
Charlie: "Just ditch it then, why don't you join the team in magic school?"
Peyton sighed: "I cant, coach will go mad, and I already missed last weeks training session. I don't want to join the school team; I'm happy going with Sarah, and being on a normal, non magical team. Besides, it's the only time I really get to spend with her now"
Charlie asked raising his eyebrows: "Why are you so against magic, Peyt?"
Peyton said with a snort: "I'm not; I just sometimes wish I could be a carefree teenager without having to worry about Demons wanting to kill me"
Steph: "Peyt, stop being so morbid, being magical is awesome!" she cried as she jumped into the air.
Peyton laughed: "Sure it is but I need to be going now, I'll be late otherwise, and do you guys want a lift on the cosmic taxi?"
Steph: "Thanks, but were going to pick up some stuff from the library first"
Peyton: "Ok. Dad!"
Andy appeared in the schools hallway: "Hey angel, how are you?"
Peyton groaned unhappily: "I'm ill, I'm tired, and now I need to go to stupid soccer practise"
Andy: "Don't go then"
Peyton sighed rubbing the back of her neck: "Need to, come on I'm going to be late"
They orbed back to the manor just in time for Peyton to run up and change into her soccer gear then meet up with Sarah.
During soccer practise Peyton wasn't even trying, to the dismay of her coach.
Coach: "Peyton! Put a bit more effort into it!"
Peyton just shrugged her shoulders and feebly kicked the ball.
Coach, shaking her head: "Peyton, come here a second!"
Peyton ran over.
Coach: "I want you to do 4 laps of the track, then come back and try harder"
Peyton mumbled: "Yes coach"
As she ran round the track, she could feel her chest tightening, and she was finding it extremely difficult to breathe. Going round on the second lap, her breaths got shorter and faster, and she was wheezing really badly, she stopped and tried to take in air, clutching at her chest because of the tightness and praying for it to ease off. She pushed herself to go a bit faster, she could hear her heart pounding in her ears. She slowed down and looked around her, she couldn't hear anything now, and her vision blurred severely.
The coach stood watching the team when she turned to see Peyton had stopped and was swaying on the spot. As she walked over to her, Peyton collapsed on the ground, so the coach sped up into a run towards her. Peyton's face was turning blue from the lack of oxygen.
Everything else happened in a blur, the coach called for an ambulance, paramedics came and put her on a stretcher, putting her on oxygen once they got her into the ambulance.
Sarah ran and grabbed her mobile, calling the manor, before someone eventually picked up.
Sarah: "Hi, Phoebe? It's Sarah. Peyton's been taken to hospital because she couldn't breathe and then collapsed and she turned blue and...."
Phoebe: "Calm down Sarah, is Peyton ok?"
Sarah spoke through sobs: "I don't know, she was blue Phoebe"
Phoebe: "Did they take her to San Francisco memorial?"
Sarah: "Yeah"
Phoebe: "Ok, just stay calm Sarah, ok? I'll call you once I know what's going on ok, keep calm" she said firmly.
Sarah: "Ok" she replied as she pulled the phone away from her tear soaked face.
In the manor, Phoebe was trying desperately to phone Prue but wasn't getting an answer, she even tried calling for Andy, but with no luck.
Phoebe: "Leo!"
Leo appeared behind Phoebe: "What's going on?"
Phoebe jumped and said anxiously: "Peyton's been taken to hospital, I can't get a hold of Prue and Andy"
Leo: "Andy's in a meeting with the elders, he can't hear you. I'll go see if I can pull him out of it, you drive to Buckland's"
Phoebe: "Ok, I'll meet you at the hospital"
Phoebe drove to Buckland's as fast as was legal, and took the elevator to Prue's office. When she entered there was no sign of Prue.
Man: "Can I help you?"
Phoebe turned to see a tall man, with blonde hair, standing in the doorway.
Phoebe: "I'm looking for Prue Halliwell"
Man: "And who might you be?"
Phoebe said with a hint of urgency in her tone: "I'm her sister, look; its urgent where is she?"
Man: "I'm afraid she's in a meeting and will be for another hour or so"
Phoebe was real anxious now and spoke in a louder and clearly more urgently: "Look, her daughter's in hospital, you have to get her out here now"
The man nodded his head: "Follow me"
As they walked to a door he stopped about 3 steps away from it: "Wait here"
She could hear him talking and then she heard her sister's voice: "Can't it wait?"
Phoebe ran to the door to see Prue sitting around a big table with her Boss and other people in suits who she didn't recognise.
Prue: "Phoebe, what's going on I'm in the middle of a very important meeting" she diverted her eyes to those around her.
Phoebe gasped for words: "Peyton's been taken to hospital, she was at soccer practice and couldn't breathe, Sarah said she was blue when the medics took her away"
Prue looked at her boss.
Claire said with an understanding tone: "Go, its ok"
Prue gave one glance around her and said: "Thank you, sorry gentlemen!"
The two rushed to the hospital, Andy, Leo, Piper and Phoebe were already there.
Andy jumped to his feet and wrapped Prue in his arms.
Prue whimpered: "What's going on?"
Andy stroked her back, trying to comfort her and said: "They won't let us in to see her yet, we're waiting on a doctor to tell us what's going on"
Prue took a seat behind Andy, and they all sat in silence for 30 minutes before a doctor came over, everyone jumping to there feet.
Doctor: "Who here is the parents?"
Prue and Andy: "That's us"
Doctor: "I'm doctor Hennessey, your daughters doing fine we've managed to stabilize her"
Prue asked with concern: "What happened?"
Doctor Hennessey: "She had a very severe asthma attack, she's still on oxygen and we'll have to keep her in for a few days to give her steroids through an intravenous drip, but she'll be ok, although she'll have to take inhalers daily from now on to prevent another attack like this"
Prue looked confused: "Asthma? I didn't even know she had asthma, was it her cold that triggered it?"
Doctor Hennessey: "It was a chest infection that triggered the attack, but she was diagnosed with asthma when she was 5, it's in her medical records"
Andy: "Can we see her?"
Doctor Hennessey: "Yes, I'll show you the way, although only 3 family members at a time would be preferable"
Prue looked at her sisters, Cole and Leo.
Phoebe: "Cole you go, us 3 can go after"
Cole nodded his head and followed the doctor to the room.
Peyton was lying in a bed, still in her soccer gear. She had an oxygen mask over her nose and mouth, and a needle in her hand for the injections of steroids. She was breathing deeply and looked as though she was sleeping.
Prue covered her mouth with her hand as her eyes started to water. Cole gently squeezed her shoulder and took a seat at one side of the bed, Andy and Prue sat down at the other side.
Prue took her hand, slowly running her thumb back and forth over it.
Prue managed to speak through her sobs and tears: "Hey baby"
Peyton's eyes flickered at the sound of her mother's voice.
Andy: "Come on Angel, wake up"
Her eyes flickered even more until Cole spoke.
Cole: "I know you don't like school Peyton but what an excuse to get off school"
A small smile spread on her face and her eyes opened looking up at him.
Peyton responded but it was muffled due to the oxygen mask. Seeing the look of confusion upon his face she pulled the mask off.
Peyton said mockingly: "I said that you've to shut up"
Cole: "You're lucky you're lying in a hospital bed"
Peyton: "Think that's your luck"
She turned to her parents and smiled weakly.
Prue: "How you feeling?"
Peyton: "Not too bad, when can I go home?"
Prue: "Not for a few days, they want to keep you in to give you steroids"
Peyton looked at the needle in her hand.
Peyton: "Oh! I never even noticed that before"
Andy: "Why didn't you tell us you were asthmatic, if we knew this, it could have been prevented"
Peyton: "I didn't want to bother you with it, and how was I supposed to know that I would soon face an asthmatic attack?, Are you mad?"
Prue: "Of course not sweetie, we're just glad you're ok"
They sat chatting for a little while longer, before they said goodbye allowing Piper, Leo and Phoebe in to see her.
Peyton smiled as her Aunts and Leo came in.
Phoebe went over giving her a hug, followed by Leo, then Piper got to her bedside.
Piper said with a small smile on her face: "If you ever scare us like that again, madam you will be grounded for the rest of your life.
Peyton: "I'm sorry, Aunt Piper. If I had known this would happen I would have told you I had asthma"
Piper: "No more secrets ok?"
Peyton nodded: "Ok"
Piper leant down pulling her into a hug, and kissing her on the forehead.
As they sat chatting Peyton struggled to keep her eyes open, so the three left her to get to sleep.
As she slept, she was haunted by horrible dreams.
A tall figure walked down the corridors of the hospital, looking into each room as it went. Its black boots pounded with each step it took. As it came to the middle of the corridor, it stopped at a door, turning and looking in. He removed the black top hat, and entered. As he approached the side of the bed, he put his hat on the cabinet that sat next to it. In the bed a young boy, about 9 years old lay sleeping, wires attached all over his body. As the figure leaned over the bed, the young boy awoke, eyes filled with terror. He placed his hand over the boys face, and exhaled with pleasure as the boys life flowed into him. The figure grabbed his hat, placed it upon his head, and then exited the room, slowly fading away as he walked down the corridor. Upon the bed, the boys body lay limp and lifeless.
Peyton woke up drenched in sweat, and was suddenly aware she was screaming. As she opened her eyes, a nurse was leaning over her.
Nurse: "Are you ok darling? I heard you screaming"
Peyton sat up and rubbed her eyes: "Just a bad dream, what time is it?"
Nurse: "Its only 3am, would like me to get you anything?"
Peyton: "A glass of water would be great, please"
The nurse smiled leaving, returning a few moments with a cup of water, Peyton gulping it down.
Nurse: "Is that everything?"
Peyton: "Yeah that's fine, thank you. Ill see you in the morning"
Nurse: "Not me, sunshine, I'm off duty in a couple of hours, tomorrow night though"
Peyton smiled: "See you then"
Nurse: "Try and not have anymore bad dreams"
Peyton: "I'll try"
Peyton turned back over and fell back asleep.
When she woke in the morning her mum and Aunt Phoebe were already sitting in the room.
Phoebe: "Morning sweetie, how are you today?"
Peyton: "Feeling lots better, can I go home now?" She looked at them pleadingly.
Prue: "Not yet sweetie"
Peyton: "That sucks. By the way, I had a bad dream last night, but considering who we are, maybe it could be something more"
Phoebe: "What happened?" she looked intrigued.
Peyton: "There was a tall figure thingy, and it went into a boys room and sucked the life out of him"
Phoebe: "In a house?"
Peyton: "No, in this hospital"
Prue: "What did it look like?"
Peyton: "As I said it was tall, it had a tall black hat, big boots; I distinctly remember hearing them pounding of the floor. I didn't see its face"
Peyton shuffled in the bed.
Peyton: "I need to pee, ill be back in a sec" she said as jumped of the bed.
Prue: "Do you need a hand?"
Peyton said sticking out her tongue: "Mum, I had an asthma attack; it didn't affect my ability to pee without help"
Prue rolled her eyes as Peyton left the room.
As Peyton walked down the corridor, she realised this was the corridor she had seen in her dream. She stopped at the room where she had seen the little boy killed. There was no one in it, and it was all made up as if ready for the next patient.
A nurse walked by, and stopped when she saw Peyton.
Nurse: "Are you ok?"
Peyton: "Yeah, did a little boy stay in this room?"
Nurse: "Yes, he died last night, poor little lamb, he seemed to be getting better as well"
Peyton just nodded her head, and then went to the bathroom before going back to her room.
When Peyton returned to the room, her Mum and Phoebe looked at her concerned.
Phoebe: "What's wrong sweetie? You look like you've seen a ghost?"
Peyton: "Can premonitions enter your dreams? And could I be getting them as its happening?"
Phoebe looked thoughtful and said: "Yeah, your powers must be progressing"
Peyton nodded firmly: "They are, and my dream wasn't a dream, it was a premonition, we have some serious demonic problems"
So what do yous think? Please review! Ill try and update soon but i have an audition for the X factor in a week so im gonna be practising lots!
Wish me luck!
